Jump to content

"society For Italic Handwriting" Journal

caliken

By caliken
in Broad (or Edged) Pen Calligraphy

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 47
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • caliken

    17

  • Maurizio

    4

  • Bronze

    3

  • cellmatrix

    3

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Randal6393 Antique

Randal6393

Posted
Posted

Classic! Great example of formal italic, thanks, Ken, for posting it.

Yours,
Randal

From a person's actions, we may infer attitudes, beliefs, --- and values. We do not know these characteristics outright. The human dichotomies of trust and distrust, honor and duplicity, love and hate --- all depend on internal states we cannot directly experience. Isn't this what adds zest to our life?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Columba Livia Rare

Columba Livia

Posted
Posted (edited)

Did you take a piece of writing you'd already done and digitally copypaste the SIH logo in? Also, it looks like there was some editing to the magazine cover since the area of paper with your lettering on stands out curiously white and different to the rest of the paper of the cover if one uses the auto-level adjustment in an image program:

 

http://i.imgur.com/XZOuG3w.jpg

 

I can see the difference in whiteness levels on the magazine cover where the square of your lettering is even without auto-leveling, on my monitor. It looks curiously like it was copy-pasted on or something.

Edited by Columba Livia
Link to comment
Share on other sites
D B Holtz Mint

D B Holtz

Posted
Posted

Mr. Fraser -

 

You piqued my interest, and I went searching on the web. For all, their website is at www.italic-handwriting.org, and worth a visit for the exemplars and the chance to download a few of the back issues of the magazine. I particularly enjoyed this comment in Issue 34 (September 2008) in "The Writing's on the Wall - but Will we be Able to Read it?" by Holly Kirkwood:

 

"Missives that arrive scribed in capital letters written in green ink are traditionally given a wide berth in most sensible households, and inevitably reveal a fascinating, if unusual mind."

 

DB

Link to comment
Share on other sites
dms525 Antique

dms525

Posted
Posted

My copy of Writing Matters arrived yesterday, and I noted your work on the cover, Ken. Very nice indeed.

 

David

Link to comment
Share on other sites
caliken Antique

caliken

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

This is the second time my work has been selected for the cover of the Journal. The first time was in March of this year.

 

fpn_1411890267__701.jpg

Edited by Ken Fraser
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Columba Livia Rare

Columba Livia

Posted
Posted (edited)

http://i.imgur.com/Hh2sLlU.jpg

Ah, so there is the original cover of the "Writing Matters" magazine and I can see that your piece on the cover as it was printed appears in brown, not black. So I assume that original image of the cover in the original post of this thread did indeed have your piece copy and pasted into it.

 

I wish you'd say just say that you edit/touch up what you post online, instead of potentially allowing people to get the impression that there isn't any editing/touch ups. :(

Edited by Columba Livia
Link to comment
Share on other sites
DaveBj Vintage

DaveBj

Posted
Posted

:D

 

(Tagged so I can find it easily at a later time)

 

 

Until you ink a pen, it is merely a pretty stick. --UK Mike

 

My arsenal, in order of acquisition: Sailor 21 Pocket Pen M, Cross Solo M, Online Calligraphy, Monteverde Invincia F, Hero 359 M, Jinhao X450 M, Levenger True Writer M, Jinhao 159 M, Platinum Balance F, TWSBI Classic 1.1 stub, Platinum Preppy 0.3 F, 7 Pilot Varsity M disposables refillables, Speedball penholder, TWSBI 580 USA EF, Pilot MR, Noodler's Ahab 1.1 stub, another Preppy 0.3, Preppy EF 0.2, ASA Sniper F, Click Majestic F, Kaweco Sport M, Pilot Prera F, Baoer 79 M (fake Starwalker), Hero 616 M (fake Parker), Jinhao X750 Shimmering Sands M . . .

31 and counting :D

 

DaveBj

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nigelg Extremely Rare

nigelg

Posted
Posted

Wasn't the late, great Humphrey Lyttleton a past president of the society?

Yesterday is history.

Tomorrow is a mystery.

Today is a gift.

That's why it's called the present

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Italicist Extremely Rare

Italicist

Posted
Posted

My copy of "Writing Matters" arrived on Friday; as soon as the envelope was opened, the hand in the square was instantly recognizable. I know only one person who writes with such a consistent script! Well done, sir!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
caliken Antique

caliken

Posted
  • Author
Posted

My copy of "Writing Matters" arrived on Friday; as soon as the envelope was opened, the hand in the square was instantly recognizable. I know only one person who writes with such a consistent script! Well done, sir!

Thank you!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TXKat Vintage

TXKat

Posted
Posted

Both covers are beautiful!! I can only aspire to writing at such a level as you have achieved.

Now, I'm intrigued by the magazine....I've never seen this before. (Apparently I live a sheltered life!)

So, what's your point?

(Mine is a flexible F.)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Columba Livia Rare

Columba Livia

Posted
Posted (edited)

Mr. Ken Fraser, I'm curious as to why you posted an edited and touched up version of the cover of the magazine. Why did you do that? It might give the wrong impression to people who don't know otherwise.

 

In addition, a lot of the other work you post online is also edited and touched up and some people might get the impression that it isn't. Why don't you say that you edit and touch up what you post (using Photoshop elements, I believe)?

 

I think truth is important, in calligraphy as in anything else, and when people see edited and touched up work without knowing or being told it is edited/touched up, it might give misleading impressions of the art of calligraphy.

 

In December of last year you said:

 

as a professional calligrapher, I know that I get work on the basis of it having been hand-produced.

^

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/255459-a-spectacular-cadel-gothic-script/?p=2839941

 

So you must be aware of the dangers of misleading people. It would be a bad thing if people got work on the basis of it beng hand-produced but it was

Edited by Columba Livia
Link to comment
Share on other sites
caliken Antique

caliken

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)

Both covers are beautiful!! I can only aspire to writing at such a level as you have achieved.

Now, I'm intrigued by the magazine....I've never seen this before. (Apparently I live a sheltered life!)

You'll find all the information you need, here

http://www.italic-handwriting.org/

 

This example was printed in the Mach 2011 issue.

 

fpn_1412380689__zapf_handwriting_600.jpg

Edited by Ken Fraser
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33559
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26746
    5. jar
      jar
      26101

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...